Hall Research UHBX-SW3-WP User Manual

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Manager Software

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Auto-Switching Wall Plate

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Table of Contents

1. WINDOWS™ SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 1

1.1. General 1

1.2. Installation Prerequisites 1

1.3. Installing the Software 1

2. USING THE SOFTWARE 2

2.1. General 2

2.2. USB Device Detection 2

2.2.1. USB Connection Status 2

2.2.2. USB Device Name 3

2.3. Configuration Pages 3

2.3.1. On/Off Control Page 4

2.3.2 Video 7

2.3.3 EDID 11

2.4 Operation Mode 12

2.5. Tool Bar Menu 13

2.6. Firmware Update 14

Appendix 1 - Serial Commands in Slave Mode 15

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1. Windows™ Software Installation

1.1. General

The UHBX-SW3-WP graphical user interface (GUI) is a Windows® software used to
configure advanced settings of the UHBX-SW3-WP. Use of the software requires USB
connection of the PC to the device. For convenience, a USB cable is provided with the
wall plate.

After configuring the wall plate, the user can save the desired configuration as a file on
their PC. Configuration files can also be uploaded to wall plate.

1.2. Installation Prerequisites

• PC with Windows XP™ OS or later

• USB port

• Microsoft™ .NET Framework 2.0 or later (most recent OS including Windows 7 and

8 typically include this and no action is required). If .NET Framework 2.0 or later is
not installed on your PC, the Microsoft™ website has free downloads available.

1.3. Installing the Software

• If an earlier version of this software was previously installed, UNINSTALL the
program first from either the Add/Remove Programs section of the control panel or
by running the previous installation SETUP.EXE and selecting “remove application”.

• Install the software by executing the SETUP.EXE program from the installation
source directory

• Accept the default settings, but if you want to specify a particular installation
directory other than the default, you may do so.

• Once the UHBX-SW3-WP software installation has completed, either click the
desktop icon

or from the Start Menu:

Start  Programs  Hall Research  UHBX-SW3-WP

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For the PC to communicate with the wall plate, the UHBX-

2. Using the Software

2.1. General

The UHBX-SW3-WP Manager is a Windows software that can be used to configure the
auto-switching wall plate via a USB connection.

It provides the ability to configure power commands using either RS232 or IR protocols.
If an optional SW3-UI-VOL auxiliary control keypad with Volume buttons is used, the GUI
also allows definition of Volume UP/Down, Mute, and Unmute commands.

The GUI also allows tweaking of parameters such as: prioritizing the inputs in Auto
Source mode, locking or unlocking the Auto modes, and controlling the VGA Scaler's
parameters such as underscan (zoom out), aspect ratio, brightness, etc.

The GUI can save and load a configuration file into or from the device, and can be used
to easily update firmware in the UHBX-SW3-WP.

2.2. USB Device Detection

The Manager Software automatically configures the USB port after connection to the
device. No special USB driver installation is required by the user.

The first time you connect the device to a PC, you may experience a short delay while
Windows automatically installs the required USB drivers. This only happens once.

Notice

2.2.1. USB Connection Status

The GUI shows USB connection status and the number of detected SW3 wall plates on
the bottom right corner of the status bar. If no USB device is detected the Status bar
shows a message indicating that the GUI is waiting for a connection as shown below.

SW3-WP needs to be receiving power through its HDBaseT
Cat6 cable (POH). So it needs to be connected to a PSE
receiver such as UHBX-R-PSE.

If you start the Manager software without the USB port
attached, the on-screen fields are disabled (grayed out).
The instant you connect the USB cable, the GUI fields will
become active.

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GUI is waiting for USB connection to wall plate

GUI has detected one device connected

2.2.2. USB Device Name

You can assign a unique USB device name to each wall plate. The device names are
stored on the wall plates. By default all wall plates are called USBDEVHR as shipped but
if you are going to configure a number of wall plates differently, then you may wish to
assign different names to them that indicates room number or configuration type.

The USB device name is shown near the top right of the screen under the toolbar. Click
to change the name. A maximum of 8 characters can be used.

2.3. Configuration Pages

There are 3 configuration pages:

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On/Off Control - can be used to:

o Define RS232 (or simple IR) commands for controlling the volume of

the display (for use with SW3-UI-VOL auxiliary keypad).

o Defining the Auto/Manual mode of Power Command
o Locking the Power Command in Auto mode

Video - can be used to:

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o Assign priorities to the 3 video inputs for Auto Source selection mode
o Defining the Auto/Manual mode of Source Selection
o Locking the Source Selection in Auto mode
o Configuring the VGA Scaler
o Configuring and monitoring the HDBaseT® output

EDID - can be used to:

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o Use an internal "emulated" or pass-thru the EDID from the display

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2.3.1. On/Off Control Page

The UHBX-SW3-WP Manager provides you more control and flexibility of the device than
the front panel.

Power Command Mode

For sending on/off power commands to the display, there are two different modes the
UHBX-SW3-WP device can be set to: manual and auto

 Manual – In this mode, each Power button press on the physical wall plate (or using

the Last Command dropdown from GUI) will alternate between sending the Power
On or the Power Off command to the display.

 Auto – When the device is set in this mode, it will automatically issue power

commands based on detecting video on the selected input. As soon as a video
source is plugged in to the selected input, the device will send out the pre­configured power on command, and after video is disconnected, the wall plate will
wait for some time (typically 5 minutes), and issues the power off command.

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